Tinospora smilacina Benth.

Woody climber with milky sap, entirely glabrous. Leaves: petiole usually 1–7 cm long; lamina usually ± triangular to ovate, 6.5–15 cm long, 5.5–14 cm wide, cuneate to cordate at base, with glandular patches below in basal vein-axils. Inflorescences sometimes on leafless plants, axillary, racemose, 4–11 cm long. Male flowers yellow; pedicel 1–5 mm long; inner sepals 3–4 mm long; petals 1.5–2 mm long; stamens 3–4 mm long. Female flowers pedicellate; staminodes 0.5 mm long; carpels 2 mm long. Drupes red; endocarp usually ± ellipsoidal, 7–8 mm long, 4–5 mm wide, obscurely to coarsely rugose.

Grows in a wide variety of habitats, including sandy and rocky areas, grassland, monsoon forest and rainforest.